019 FPUS3 KBOI 010926 SFDBOI IDAHO STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE IDAHO 330 AM MDT TUE JUL 1 1997 STRONG UPPER LOW TRACKING ENEWD ACROSS CENTRAL ID THIS MORNING ON ITS WAY THROUGH WEY 12Z AND ACROSS SRN MT AFTER THAT. HEAVY RAIN HAS WRAPPED AROUND NW FLANK OF LOW INTO WCENTRAL ID MOUNTAINS AND WRAPPING SEWD SINCE AROUND 07Z. FROM SATELLITE EXPECT TO SEE SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FOLLOW THE TRACK OF THE H5 LOW ACROSS CENTRAL ID THIS MORNING. LIGHTER RAINS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY. SURFACE LOW DEEPENS RAPIDLY BUT MOVING AWAY INTO MT FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP TIGHTEST PRESSURE GRADIENT OUT OF ERN ID...WILL KEEP WINDS ONLY IN THE 15-25 MPH RANGE TODAY IN THE MAGIC VALLEY AND UPPER SNAKE. NEXT PROBLEM IS WEAKER LOW NEAR 42/130W. NGM PROGS MAIN VORT CENTER TO WMC 12Z WED AND PAST PIH 00Z THU... MAINTAINING SURFACE LOW AHEAD OF IT ALONG SRN ID BORDER. MAX RH AREA FOLLOWS SAME TRACK AS CURRENT H5 LOW. WEAKER/DRIER ETA AND MIDDLE-STRENGTH AVN FOLLOW SAME TRACK. WITH HIGH DEW POINTS LEFT BEHIND BY CURRENT RAIN-PRODUCING SYSTEM WILL SELECT NGM AND BASE POPS ACCORDING TO TRACK OF MAX RH...BEGINNING AROUND SUNRISE WED SWRN ID AND SPREADING ENEWD ACROSS CENTRAL ID DURING THE DAY WED. POPS WILL BE KEPT IN THE 30-50% RANGE THOSE AREAS FLANKED BY LOWER POPS BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH. CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WEAK DUE TO ALREADY COOL SURFACE AIR MASS. TROUGH EXITS THU FOR MOSTLY SUNNY/WARMER 4TH OF JULY. NEXT LOW NEAR 50/140 00Z FRI WOULD NORMALLY STAY THERE THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT THEY KEEP COMING IN. NEW MRF SHOWS ANOTHER TROUGH SWINGING INLAND SUNDAY. L COLIN BOI 234 TWF/BYI 322 LWS 6-1 .BOI...NONE.